Another week has come to close, and here’s your chance to catch up on what you missed—or prove how much you know. (Answers below.)

Questions

1. Today is the British Royal Wedding of William and Catherine. Which of the following guests was not invited to the ceremony: A) Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair; B) The crown prince of Bahrain; C) the Syrian ambassador to the United Kingdom; D) the king of Swaziland, Mswati III?

2. What news anchor, the first woman to solo an evening news program, announced that she would be leaving her post (though not until after she covered the royal wedding)?

3. After four years of conflict, Egypt brokered a deal this week between what factions that called for the formation of a caretaker government ahead of presidential and legislative elections in a year?

4. It was reported this week that armadillos were in part responsible for the spread of what disease in the southern United States?

5. With Robert Gates slated to leave his post as defense secretary, who was President Obama ready to nominate to take over at the Pentagon and the CIA (hint: which would now be vacant)?

6. What Texas member of the House of Representatives and 2008 presidential candidate declared his candidacy for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination?

7. Which embattled Middle Eastern leader agreed to give up power in 30 days as part of an agreement proposed by the Gulf Cooperation Council?

3. Fatah and Hamas in the Palestinian territories. On Tuesday, Fatah and Hamas signed the deal, which was worked out under the direction of the Egyptians. It should end four years of often acrimonious dispute, with Fatah maintaining control over the West Bank and Hamas over Gaza. The two factions will be heading to Cairo soon for an official signing ceremony. Israeli Prime Minister blasted the agreement, saying “You can choose [to make] peace with Israel or you can choose peace with Hamas.”

4. Leprosy. The study of wild nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) and people living with leprosy in the southern United States found that the armadillos and humans were infected with a nearly identical strain of the leprosy bacillus.The abstract of the report, published in The New England Journal of Medicine, can be found here.

5. Robert Gates, a holdover from the Bush administration as secretary of defense, had indicated early on that he would likely leave before Obama’s first term was over, and on Thursday President Obama officially nominated Leon Panetta, the CIA chief, to take over Gates’s post. To replace Panetta over at Langley will be David Petraeus, who in 2010 Obama had made commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan.

6. Ron Paul. The Texas Congressman and father of Kentucky U.S. senator Rand Paul announced his bid this week by forming an exploratory committee. In 1988 he was the Libertarian Party candidate for president and sought the Republican nomination in 2008. His presidential campaign was libertarian in spirit, calling for a drastic reduction in the size of government. Though he claimed only a handful of delegates, he raised more than $35 million. One candidate he won’t have to face is Mississippi governor Haley Barbour, who announced this week he won’t be running.

7. Ali Abd Allah Salih.The president of Yemen has faced demonstrations since January, and after making some economic concessions in February he pledged not to seek reelection in 2013. Those concessions failed to placate demonstrators, who called for his immediate ouster. He resisted, however, saying that his departure would cause chaos. On Saturday, April 23, he accepted a plan proposed by the Gulf Cooperation Council that would remove him from power and begin the transition to a new government. The plan required that Salih step down 30 days after formally asking the prime minister to form a national unity government that would include members of the opposition, in exchange for a guarantee of immunity from prosecution for Salih and his associates, including family members and former officials. Salih’s resignation would be followed 30 days later by presidential elections. The plan was soon approved by the Yemeni opposition, although many protesters were angered by the provision granting Salih immunity.